Composition fish-bait.



OSCAR 'H. MACK AND WINFIEID S. FERGUSON, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

COMPOSITION FISH-BAIT.

Ho Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Oscar: H. MACK and WINFIELD S, Fnnouson, citizens of the United States, residing at Seattle, in. the

county of King and State of Washington,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composition Fish-Bait; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fish bait and has for an object to provide a composition analogizing fish spawn which when employed as bait takes the place of such spawn which is recognized as being highly eficacious as bait for certain kinds of fish..

In carrying into efi'ect the present invention we take tapioca in the form of kernels ,16 ounces, white cane sugar 8 ounces, water 48 ounces and coloring matter to produce a coloring of the granules analogizing the.

spawn to be imitated. For imitating salmon spawn we employ iounoe of a commercial coloring matter known upon the market as Violac, the composition of which, is not knownbut which produces a blood-red coloring of the granules.

The ingredients above mentioned are mixed together and permitted to soak for eighteen hours, after which the excess water is drained off and the soaked tapioca kernels placed in cans or bottles which are later to be sealed. The composition still contained in the bottles or cans is now baked in a medium heat for thirty minutes sufficient to dry out the water and leave each of the colored kernels separate. To the thus separated kernels 6 ounces of .water is added at boiling heat and the cans or bottles hermetically sealed. The 6 ounces of water last added will be sufiicient to cover the loose separated kernels but will soon after sealing become absorbed by the kernels which willremain of soft, wet, cohering consistency Specification of Letters Eatent. Application filed np'ril 19, 1912. Serial Ho. 691,989. I

Patented Nev. 2c, 1912.

nels are soft, pouring off the excess water,

submitting to a baking heat sufi'icient to dry out the water, adding additional water to cover and hermetically sealing.

3. The herein described process of producing fish bait consisting in soaking tapioca kernels in sweetened water, adding a coloring matter to imitate the color of fishspawn,

permitting the mixture to soak until the kernels are thoroughly softened, evaporating the water and adding additional water at boiling heat suficient to be absorbed by the kernels.

4. The herein described process of producing fish bait consistingin soaking tapioca kernels inwater containing? white, cape sugar until the kernels are thoroughly softened, draining ofi the excess water, cookmg the softened kernels and adding sulficient boiling water to cover the cooked kernails to be absorbed by such cooked kernels.

5; A;fish bait comprising tapioca kernels softened, sweetened and colored to the coloring imitating fish spawn, each kernel being a separately removable globule.- y

In testimony whereof We afix our signatures 1n presence of two witnesses.

o-soan HFMACK. -WINFIELD S. FERGUSON.

Witnesses:

- G. WARD KEMP,

C. C. PHILLIPS. 

